3 Indian officers killed in gunbattles

SRINAGAR, India — Anti-India rebels in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday killed two police officers in an attack in the disputed region’s main city, officials said. Elsewhere in the Himalayan region, three suspected rebels and a policeman were killed in two gunbattles.

The violence came a day after diplomats from more than 20 countries stationed in India’s capital concluded a two-day visit to the region.

Police said militants sprayed bullets at two policemen near a police station in Srinagar city. Both later died at a hospital.

A short video of the attack circulated on social media shows a man in a pheran, a Kashmiri tunic worn during the winter, taking out what appears to be an automatic rifle and shooting at the policemen. He then quickly runs away.

Police and soldiers searched the area and later detained a young man for questioning.

No rebel group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

In a separate incident, a gunfight broke out shortly after scores of counterinsurgency police and soldiers launched an operation late Thursday in a village in southern Shopian district after a tip that three militants were there, Inspector-General Vijay Kumar said.

All three were killed in an exchange of gunfire early Friday, Kumar said.

In another gunbattle, militants killed a policeman and injured another in western Beerwah area early Friday, Kumar said.